Tension headaches — How the cupping technique helps pregnant women. A personal case study.

Sometimes, doctors suggest massage sessions instead of pills, because the mothers worry that what they ingest may harm the fetus. Massage therapists, with years of experience or qualified studies, can help to relieve the tension-type headaches. Swedish massage on a side-lying position is acceptable as a safe procedure in pregnancy cases. However, is this massage modality enough when pregnant women suffer from tension headaches every week?

Cupping Therapy may be a great alternative to tension headaches in pregnant women. Read the following case study to find out more. This treatment happened to a very close person in my office a few months ago.

Let me tell you a short history behind my case study.

A year ago, I started treating this beautiful woman because of migraine and tension headaches. As a result, the frequency and the intensity of headaches decreased considerably with the Integrative Neuromuscular Massage. Working on restoring the patterns of a proper posture helped her a lot.

One day the happy news came into her life. She got pregnant. Because of this new condition, the massage treatment plan changed from Neuromuscular Therapy to Prenatal Massage. Swedish modality worked fine on the pregnancy process and the healthy fetus.

She reached the third trimester without any significant complaints, but the tension-type…